Wallsend High School is committed to providing the best possible educational opportunities for students by: focusing on quality learning and teaching; encouraging independent lifelong learning; developing relevant skills and knowledge; supporting students through effective welfare programs and discipline strategies; using technology to enhance learning; offering and valuing a wide curriculum and extra curricular activities; and encouraging and enabling parents and the wider community to be involved in school activities. Our school has very close links with its primary feeder schools and is a partner in the Wallsend Community of Schools. Shared programs exist to support students in primary to secondary transition, literacy, gifted and talented education, student leadership, mathematics, technology and the social sciences. Our educational partnership with Jesmond University and Waratah Technology High Schools, the University of Newcastle and the Hunter Institute of Technology will be formally recognised with the establishment of Callaghan College from 2001.

Special Needs services offered by this school

Students with Moderate or Severe Intellectual Disability

Students with a Range of Disabilities with Similar Support Needs

Special Needs

The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities support students with special needs in public schools in a range of ways. This may include support classes for students in regular and special schools. You can also discuss your child's learning needs with the principal of your child's school. For more information about the full range of support services in New South Wales public schools please go to Disability Programs http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/programs/disability.php

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